Elliot announced on his blog the he is auctioning off the domain PuertoRicanVacation.com and giving 100% of the proceeds to the ICA. The auction closes Wednesday. It is a no reserve auction. Elliots whole posts reads: I am auctioning PuertoRicanVacation.com on my blog with ALL funds going to the ICA. Highest bid submitted to my blog by this coming Wednesday, March 5th at 3pm … [Read more...]
ICA Responds to the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has posted their position on the Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, proposed in congress on Monday. The following is from the ICA: Snowe Bill Threatens Domain Name Registrants with “Infringement” Enforcement That is More Expansive and Punitive Than the UDRP or Trademark Law On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe … [Read more...]
Skenzo Switches to Yahoo
In a e-mail sent to it customers, Skenzo said today, that they were switching their parked page PPC advertising program to Yahoo effective tommorow. Here is a copy of the e-mail: Dear Skenzo Customer We are excited to inform you that we have recently negotiated a direct deal with Yahoo for facilitating PPC ads on our parked pages. Over the last 4 months we have been working behind the … [Read more...]
Direct Navigation: Take on the Domain Stealing Bill
We know the bill is properly known as The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, but to the extent that creates civil and criminal offenses for owning domains having nothing to do with Phishing scams, we are calling it the Domain Stealing Bill. To this end Mr. Larry Fischer, a brilliant guy and good friend, blogged on the issue yesterday, pointing out cnet.com objection to the bill. In … [Read more...]
Yahoo Reduced Some Bid Prices
Yahoo announced on some changes to it bidding system for keywords. ""We are changing the way we set the minimum bids required to participate in a Sponsored Search keyword market. In the next several weeks, we will start calculating a variable minimum bid for some of the keywords you’re bidding on. That means that sometimes the minimum bid may be lower than 10¢. Sometimes it may be higher. … [Read more...]
Google Report: User’s Clicking Less
Yesterday a report was released that said fewer Google users clicked on the site's advertising in January sent the stock reeling. Google shares went down more than 6% to $456.16, a 52-week low. Google's shares have lost 38% since November 2007. ComScore reported that Google; paid clicks fell 7% in January from the previous month and were relatively flat with the same period last … [Read more...]
BILL PROPOSED TO TAKE AWAY YOUR DOMAINS
Yesterday Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) with support of Senator, Bill Nelson (D-Florida) and Senator, Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), introduced, a bill entitled "The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008" The stated purpose of the bill is to stop the practice of phishing e-mails and websites. A Phishing is a scam whereby people receive e-mails or instant messages directing them … [Read more...]